April Fool's Day Hoax

April Fool's Day Hoax

Snow has returned

in an early April Fool's Day hoax.

"Don't we deserve a reprieve?"

We ask the TV weatherman. 

We plead. We coax.

But the grass and trees 

that were turning green

have become instead

a cold, soft, white scene.

Spring is shy 

against winter's hold.

This frozen air 

is getting old! 

I know the snow 

will melt before long,

but until then, 

all this white is wrong!

Let's hope this is 

winter's last wheezing gasp.

Pray the sun breaks through 

winter's clinging grasp.

I suppose 

I will love spring 

all the more.

When it returns 

outside my door.

Like others, 

I have a habit of wanting 

what I have not,

instead of being grateful 

for what I have got.

Settling In

Settling In

Checking out new places,

arranging and rearranging spaces,

moving closer to familiar faces,

we've made the leap to a new home!

Packing, moving, and unpacking each box,

getting new keys and testing the locks,

organizing everything from soup spoons to socks,

we've settled in, quieting the urge to roam.

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   Hello friends! Please excuse my long absence from blogging. My husband has retired, and we have moved to a new home in a small city east of Cleveland. We now live nearby to family members and are looking forward to this next chapter in our lives. We still have many boxes to unpack, but we are slowly getting things arranged and settling in. The picture above is of our new home.